Panel tasked with reviewing security at Minnesota Capitol complex to get an update about potential weaknesses
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Voting wraps up Monday as Minneapolis teachers weigh a strike authorization. The vote began last week after the latest round of contract negotiations ended without an agreement. The teachers union has been negotiating with the Minneapolis district for months. They’re asking for better wages and class size caps. If the union votes to authorize a strike, it would need to give the district at least a 10-day notice before stopping work.
A Minnesota panel tasked with reviewing security for the state Capitol complex will get an update Monday about potential weaknesses.
Minnesota Democrats held a town hall on gun violence Saturday in Waconia. Gov. Tim Walz led the event and was joined by former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011. Walz told the crowd of more than 800 people that they need to keep the pressure on politicians. The Minnesota GOP called the event a campaign rally and said Democrats had control of the government for two years and could have acted on the issue.
Authorities are investigating a head-on crash over the weekend that left two teenagers dead and three others injured. It happened early Saturday along Stacy Trail in Chisago City. Police say a car driven by a 14-year-old boy with two 15-year-old passengers collided with an SUV driven by a 17-year-old boy, with an 18-year-old passenger. One of the passengers in the car as well as the driver of the SUV died from their injuries.
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